The Gaddafi Family Scrapbook

A Libya without Colonel Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, sounds just about right. I am most positive Libyans knew they would one day soon, see the end of a man they grew to hate. There is a saying the harder and darker it seems, the closer you are to a breakthrough and that's what got the Libyan people through those rough couple of months of their Arab Spring.

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Children of the Revolution

All photos courtesy foreignpolicy.com

They are the littlest revolutionist you’ll see in the wake of the uprisings in the Mideast and Africa, but don’t underestimate these little people, because they too are hoping and wanting change. However the question still remains are they too young to be a part of such a violent revolution? Or could their presence bring about some ground breaking change?

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PHOTOS: Japan's BIG One

Imagine being woken up by your bed shaking to the point of no control or sitting in traffic while the earth shook beneath you and cars  came crashing into yours, can you imagine that? Or better yet what about a massive wave coming straight towards you and you had not where to take refuge. Well, the people of Japan didn't have to imagine that, because last Friday the movie "Hereafter" came to life--taking  an entire town off the map.

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Bollywood Movie Mimics Real Life Events

I can't imagine what it would be like to have either one of my parents commit suicide in order for the rest of my family to live comfortable, or even just get by. Well in Aamir Khan's new film "Peepli Live" it is just that.

The movie, fictional of course follows a farmer in India, who cannot repay a loan and may have to commit suicide in order to save his land and family. If this happens, then through a government program, they will receive a sizable amount of money. But this fictional story mimics that of real life and what takes place India.

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